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The show: Yale Repertory Theatre production of “American Night: The Ballad of Juan José” First impressions: Richard Montoya’s wild vaudevillian mash-up, developed by the Chicano/Latino performance theater group Culture Clash and director Jo Bonney, has a strong point of view of America’s checkered history. It centers on a Mexican immigrant Juan José and his fevered dream on the eve of his exam for U.S. citizenship. In this new production, which was performed in Oregon, San Diego and L.A., the show sometimes dazzles, but the satiric material is uneven with some bits scoring big while others are trite and tired. The themes and messages might not break...

Micky Dolenz played to a full house at Disney World on Friday — but he really would have preferred not to be."Frankly, I wish it was someone else," Dolenz said after finishing a few songs during the Flower Power concert series, part of the Epcot...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Davy Jones, a onetime teen heartthrob as a member of the 1960s made-for-television pop band the Monkees, died on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack near his home in Florida, according to his longtime publicist. He was 66....

The Pet Shop Boys have been indelibly linked with their hometown of London since their mid-’80s synth-pop hit “West End Girls.” Earlier this year, though, singer Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe relocated to Los Angeles to record “Elysium,” a...

As I pulled the lever on the giant slot machine inside the ship's glitzy casino for a chance to win our next cruise for free, my wife and I shared a nervous glance that said -- for once -- we were on the same page about our vacation ideas.
Neither of...